Part Three - Abuses In The UK Mental Health System

Mary concludes with her bizarre account of her release from compulsory detention at Homerton Mental Hospital, in a severe condition of "delusion" brought on her by the forced druggings!

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[JunipaTV]

Can I ask - since the making of this video, has the health authority been approached, contacted or reprimanded for what happened?

[CCHRLondon]

@JunipaTV

We took Mary's complaint through the NHS Complaints Procedure who did denied that anything inappropriate had happened and that their procedures where above board and had been carried out professionally. The Healthcare Commission found that the NHS had properly dealt with the complaint. The General Medical Council did not accept the complaint because, they said, the deal only with issues related to "fitness the Practice."

[Letcherism]

Ugh. I can't stand sob horror stories like this. The reason most people are sectioned is to protect them AND OTHER people as well as help the mentally ill.

My ex boyfriend cut himself badly once, and his sister called the emergency services, and sure the Police had to handcuff him.. because he was being VIOLENT and he had stabbed himself.

He got sectioned, but he got plenty of help, and now he's alright. They kept him for his own good.

[CCHRLondon]

Read the comments below.

I have visited many individuals in many of these hospitals and can assure you that it's not an isolated incident. Although the story of your ex-boyfriend maybe

[Letcherism]

Most people are looked after well.. they do have standards.

There is of course the issue of how Police handle suicidal/mentally ill people, and people getting sectioned for stupid reasons/medicated against their will, but the way some people make out they're oppressed..

[CCHRLondon]

Yes, I guess some hospitals have their own standards, however, this does not excuse the regime that psychiatry perpetrates by falsely labeling individuals mentally ill due to life's differculties.

It does not go far enough to remedy these unfortunate situations either.

[andrea22borman]

Some authorities do abuse innocent people and act as if English law does not apply to them. I hope that Mary has now moved out of that area . And got away from those horrible authorities. And is somewhere else safe,away from those authorities,Homerton Health Trust. Andrea Borman.

[politicasual]

@1982FMJ shock horror people buying new clothes and having a drink. i suppose you think they are not entitled do you. should they just beg for second hand clothes from charities and never have any enjoyment in life. why not just warehouse them away out of sight of small minded, vindictive, petty little shits like you. i bet you read the sun or another such illuminating journal and really believe everything they say do you, you infantile moron.

[1982FMJ]

there a a high volume of people who are playing the mental health system in the uk just to claim benefit money. some of them claim they are mentally ill but that doesn't stop them spending there money on new clothes and beer e.t.c. there mental problem does not prevent them from doing that. these people are a disgrace. theres niothing really wrong with them deep down and they are still capable of doing things but are just wasting mental health services

[27182818R]

I would like to finally comment that there are good Psychiatrists. The Disorders are real! I have had depression and anxiety disorder. Both ARE due to natural instabilities which make the brain ill. Psychiatric illnesses are genuinely real, and good doctors and Psychiatrists are really needed. I think proper transparency and accountability and an end to postcode lottery are part of the way forward to achieving this.

[27182818R]

It would be unfair to say that the Dartford and Gravesham Trust NHS Psychiatric care does not help in other cases. But they effectively checked the box Anxiety Disorder and said that although my particular illness was very severe, Anxiety Disorder was not considered a serious enough mental illness for the Psychiatrist to help me. The fact that I was now VERY sick was irrelevant and I had to seek my own help privately. When I have fully recovered I want to take them to book over all this!

[27182818R]

I had severe antidepressant withdrawal leading to electric shock sensations in my head and very severe dizziness as if i had been chloroformed (symptoms of Anxiety Disorder). I saw an intimidating NHS psychiatrist who said that I didn't need his specialist help. My doctor then said he didn't know what to do and that I should ask the psychiatrist. Thankfully I paid to see a private psychiatrist in parallel. He was brilliant and is the only reason I am now better.The NHS were dangerously useless

[BROWNBEAR219]

This is just terrible I mean why would anyone want to subject someone to this kind of treatment when it is clear that they don't' need it. Its scary to think that this could happen to you.

[AClarke2007]

@hayleythompson123 It gets worse, trust me.